Areas of Interest and Expertise

Ruth Coppard taught PHSE and assisted all children through transitions. Ruth Coppard ran projects on Language Development in schools, reading projects, behavioural management, bullying, bereavement. For several years Ruth was Chair of the local DECP and organised meetings and courses.

Within the NHS, as a Child Psychologist, Ruth was especially involved with ASD, ADHD and Tourettes [Developmental Disorders] as well as Learning Disabilities. Ruth had a particular training and responsibility for Trauma and worked with asylum seekers. Also with phobias and anxieties.

Areas of Interest and Expertise

Ruth Coppard was involved with PHSE, and assisting all children through transitions. Ruth Coppard ran projects on Language Development in schools, reading projects, behavioural management, bullying, bereavement. For several years Ruth was Chair of the local DECP and organised meetings and courses.

Within the NHS, as a Child Psychologist, Ruth was especially involved with ASD, ADHD and Tourettes [Developmental Disorders] as well as Learning Disabilities. Ruth had a particular training and responsibility for Trauma and worked with asylum seekers. Also with phobias and anxieties.

What can you do? Make a timetable and calendar for the wall, so that each child can check for himself what is happening and when something will change. The timetable should give a lot of detail [starting school, lessons, morning, lunchtime etc etc] and...

BRILLIANT DICTATION Child chooses a short paragraph in a piece of writing s/he can read easily from a text s/he enjoys. Child looks at the few sentences and tries to learn the spellings. An adult gives the text as a dictation to the child – she reads the...

Bake together- you can use biscuit dough to make letters, or make cup cakes and decorate them Make Pizza for tea. Make bread. Take a lot of cream and put it into a screw top jar and shake it till it turns into butter. Make things with playdough – recipe on...